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> I worry that, unless the tide turns soon, the Internet I fell in love with may cease to exist, and in its place, we will have something closer to a souped-up
by sMarsIntruder 3y ago
> I worry that, unless the tide turns soon, the Internet I fell in love with may cease to exist, and in its place, we will have something closer to a souped-up version of TV – focused largely on passive consumption, with much less opportunity for active participation and genuine human connection.
You’re not alone my friend. The “old good times” internet is long gone and the situation is evolving very fast.
- tommek4077 3y agoIt's still there, the old internet. You just uave a hard time finding it with corporate tools like the modern google.
- johnnyanmac 3y agoIt also just feels much smaller. Outside of maybe 4chan, none of those classic style forums feel anywhere close to as acitve as their heyday. Like, we're talking maybe 2-3 comments per day. It definitely doesn't need to be Twitter/Reddit active, but a cozy but empty forum isn't a community so much as a small gathering.
- doublemint2203 3y agofeels like this entire thread is complaining about the prisoners' dilemma. everything wrong with the modern internet can be explained through microeconomics. or microbiology if you prefer: bacteria (individual agents in a capitalist system) find a new source of food (the internet). the bacteria evolve to optimize their food collection, irrespective of what is "good" for the ecosystem. the food chain shakes up, the predators become apex, and when they've taken too much, they die off in a cycle. right now we're at the "taking too much" stage. but I don't think anybody is dying off.
- southwesterly 3y agoThe old internet is still definitely knocking around. Head out past the walled-gardens into the hinterlands and it’s there. You’re gonna need your own map though.